Senior Procurement Specialist (Duluth) - (Columbia, MD)

The Senior Procurement Specialist mentors and trains a team of procurement staff to develop and processes vendor quotes, purchase requisitions, and purchase orders through development and schedule of authorization approvals in compliance with purchasing processes. * Collaborates with central purchasing departments to evaluate vendor contracts and ensure compliance to all company policies. * Coordinates evaluation of all returned and damage goods and analyzes issues and recommends corrective measures for same. * Collaborates with various internal departments to develop and implement purchasing strategies for products. * May participate in OEM deal negotiations and ensures utilization of those deals by approved vendors. * Manages and implements policies and metrics to ensure achievement of savings objectives, performance metrics, and management of demand forecasts, and collaborates with internal departments to reduce material costs accordingly.